Sci-Fi Short Film “Jump Cut” | DUST
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🪐 You are entering a fictional zone: reality has been suspended.
When a struggling actor accepts the lead role in a mysterious experimental film, her grasp on reality begins to unravel.
“Jump Cut” by James Martin Morrison
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More About “Jump Cut”:
Things aren’t happening fast enough for Maya, an actor in her 30’s whose career has stalled. She rushes from one audition to the next, and can’t escape the feeling that life’s opportunities are passing her by.
But when Maya agrees to play the lead in a strange experimental film by an eccentric director, her worst fears become reality. As Maya falls deeper down the rabbit hole, she fights to escape her nightmare her life has become. Jump Cut is a cautionary sci-fi/thriller about the enigma of time and the mystifying ways our lives can slip away.
Director’s Statement:
Where does the time go? Coming out of the fog of the pandemic, this question felt more urgent than ever. Many of us went months or even years without seeing loved ones in person. We emerged to find that despite so many parts of our lives being suspended in time, it had marched onward without us. I was left with a strange feeling that my time had been stolen by some unseen force.
That unseen force was the inspiration for Jump Cut, a surreal nightmare film. It’s a cautionary tale about how people – especially women in the entertainment industry – are taken advantage of in the pursuit of their dreams.
“Jump Cut” Credits:
Directed by James Martin Morrison
Written by James Martin Morrison & Christopher A. Rivera
Produced by Christopher A. Rivera
Co-Producers Dean Peterson and Noah Lang
Director of Photography Darin Quan
Original Score by Brooke Blair & Will Blair
Edited by Bill Sebastian and James Martin Morrison
Casting by Daryl Eisenberg, CSA and Ally Beans, CSA
Additional Cinematography by Andrey Alistratov
Sound Recordists Lucas Miller and Dean Peterson
Re-recorder/Mixer Eli Cohn
Visual Effects by Darin Quan, Mohamed Elsafty
Colorist Davis Clenney
Title & logo design Nina Bishop
Graphics by Nick Shaw
Cast:
Lucy Walters
Jamie Jackson
Cara Ricketts
Laura Esterman
Kenneth De Abrew
Susannah Hoffman
Justin Paris
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